What can genetics tell me about specific diseases and conditions?

Genetic information can play an important role in diagnosing an inherited conditions, understanding unexplained symptoms, proactively preparing for the future, and planning for a healthy pregnancy.

The condition guides below explain more about how genetics can be beneficial in relation to specific diseases and conditions.

Hereditary cancer

Condition guides:

• Hereditary breast cancer
• Hereditary colorectal cancer
• Hereditary ovarian cancer
• Hereditary endometrial cancer

Printable guides:

• Genetic testing for hereditary cancer
• Hereditary breast cancer
• Hereditary gynecologic cancers
• Hereditary colorectal cancer
• Hereditary prostate cancer

Heart conditions

Condition guides:

• Arrhythmia
  • Brugada syndrome
  • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy)
  • Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
  • Long QT syndrome
• Cardiomyopathy
  • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy)
  • Dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Aortopathy & connective tissue disorders
  • Thoracic aortic aneurysm and/or dissections
  • Marfan syndrome
• Hypercholesterolemia
  • Familial hypercholesterolemia

Printable guides:

• Hereditary heart conditions

Neurological disorders

Condition guides:

• Muscular dystrophy
  • Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy
• Neuromuscular disorders
  • Neuromuscular disorders
• Neuropathies
  • Neuropathies

Pediatric & rare disorders

Condition guides:

• Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy

Printable guides:

• Pediatric diagnostic testing

Reproductive health

Printable guides:

• Understanding carrier screening
• Non-invasive prenatal screening
• Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT)
• Pregnancy loss analysis
• Prenatal diagnosis

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